KIEV, Feb. 26 ??“ Russia and Ukraine are in talks to merge aircraft producing assets in order to create a powerful producer of passenger and cargo planes, Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych said Monday.

WROCLAW, Feb. 23 ??“ The Czech Republic sees the reversal of the flow of the Odessa-Brody oil pipeline so as to carry Caspian crude to Central Europe as inevitable, deputy foreign minister Jaroslav Basta told Interfax Central Europe.

KIEV, Feb. 23 ??“ Naftogaz Ukrayiny will send a team to Tashkent before March 10 to meet with the top management of Uzbekneftegaz to discuss opportunities to boost Uzbek gas supplies to Ukraine.

KIEV, Feb. 25 ??“ A pro-Russian opposition group threatened to start street protests in Crimea in reaction to a pressure from the Ukrainian authorities to cancel a local referendum on the status of the Russian language.

KIEV, Feb. 26 ??“ European energy security and supply diversification will dominate talks between Polish President Lech Kaczynski and his Ukrainian counterpart Viktor Yushchenko on Tuesday, Kaczynski said an in a newspaper interview.

KIEV, Feb. 25 ??“ Ukraine will seek to boost domestic natural gas output by 50% in an attempt to offset likely gas import disruptions during the next winter season, Prime Minister Yuriy Yekhanurov said Saturday.

WARSAW, Feb. 24 - A business plan for the Polish section of the Brody-Plock oil pipeline project, estimated to be worth EUR 500 mln, should be presented on March 15, according to Polish pipeline system operator PERN Director Andrzej Zelechowski.

KYIV, Jan 23 – There is no scenario in which Russian President Vladimir Putin will leave Ukraine alone, as he has no interest in a successful and independent Ukrainian state, while expectations that U.S. President Donald Trump can resolve the war are misplaced, Timothy Ash, senior strategist at RBC Bluebay Asset Management, said.

KYIV. Jan 23 – Russian attacks on Ukraine killed at least one person and wounded 31 overnight into Saturday, as trilateral talks between Ukraine, Russia and the United States continued in Abu Dhabi to end Moscow’s nearly four-year invasion.

KYIV, Jan 26 – Russian forces carried out a combined missile and drone attack on Kharkiv on Monday evening, injuring at least two people and causing widespread power outages after damaging energy infrastructure, regional and energy officials said.